Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
# Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

| World record | Adam Peaty (GBR) | 25.95 | Budapest, Hungary | 25 July 2017 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Adam Peaty (GBR) | 25.95 | Budapest, Hungary | 25 July 2017 |
| Games record | Adam Peaty (ENG) | 26.74 | Gold Coast, Australia | 7 April 2018 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 April | Semifinal | Adam Peaty | England | 26.49 | GR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held on 8 April at 10:46.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Adam Peaty | England | 26.98 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 27.01 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Jake Packard | Australia | 27.42 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | James McKechnie | Australia | 27.53 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | James Wilby | England | 27.58 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Euan Inglis | Scotland | 27.84 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Michael Houlie | South Africa | 27.92 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Craig Benson | Scotland | 28.06 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Mark Campbell | Scotland | 28.10 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 6 | Liam Hunter | Australia | 28.10 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Brad Tandy | South Africa | 28.17 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Elijah Wall | Canada | 28.29 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Ludovico Corsini | Mozambique | 28.56 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Jamie Graham | Northern Ireland | 28.80 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Izaak Bastian | Bahamas | 29.39 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | Epeli Rabua Herbert | Fiji | 29.61 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Taichi Vakasama Taichi | Fiji | 29.79 | |
| 18 | 2 | 5 | Samuele Rossi | Seychelles | 29.82 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Guy Davies | Isle of Man | 29.82 | |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Corey Ollivierre | Grenada | 29.85 | |
| 21 | 5 | 7 | David Ebanks | Cayman Islands | 30.04 | |
| 22 | 2 | 4 | Alexandros Axiotis | Zambia | 30.10 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Mohammad Islam | Bangladesh | 30.37 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Ashley Seeto | Papua New Guinea | 30.51 | |
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Ahllan Bique | Mozambique | 30.52 | |
| 26 | 2 | 3 | Leonard Kalate | Papua New Guinea | 30.97 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Jonathan Chung Yee | Mauritius | 31.25 | |
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Moonakala Kumaren | Zambia | 29.39 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Jadon Wuilliez | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.38 | |
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Nikolas Sylvester | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.64 | |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Duwaine Yon | Saint Helena | 36.52 | |
| 32 | 2 | 8 | Colby Thomas | Saint Helena | 37.41 | |
| 33 | 1 | 4 | Faletiute Tinapa | Tuvalu | 38.44 | |
| 34 | 1 | 5 | Scott George | Saint Helena | 40.58 | |
| | 5 | 1 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 8 April at 20:19.

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.95 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | James McKechnie | Australia | 27.67 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Euan Inglis | Scotland | 27.85 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Craig Benson | Scotland | 28.00 | |
| 5 | 2 | Liam Hunter | Australia | 28.05 | |
| 6 | 7 | Elijah Wall | Canada | 28.52 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jamie Graham | Northern Ireland | 28.66 | |
| 8 | 8 | Izaak Bastian | Bahamas | 29.79 | |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Adam Peaty | England | 26.49 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 3 | James Wilby | England | 27.41 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Jake Packard | Australia | 27.55 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Michael Houlie | South Africa | 27.64 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Brad Tandy | South Africa | 27.99 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Mark Campbell | Scotland | 28.07 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ludovico Corsini | Mozambique | 28.53 | |
| 8 | 8 | Epeli Rabua Herbert | Fiji | 29.28 | |

### Final

The final was held on 9 April at 21:07.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.58 |
| | 4 | Adam Peaty | England | 26.62 |
| | 3 | James Wilby | England | 27.37 |
| 4 | 6 | Jake Packard | Australia | 27.53 |
| 5 | 7 | James McKechnie | Australia | 27.59 |
| 6 | 2 | Michael Houlie | South Africa | 27.83 |
| 7 | 1 | Euan Inglis | Scotland | 28.03 |
| 8 | 8 | Brad Tandy | South Africa | 28.37 |
